March 1, 2019

Make sure to mark your calendar for:

Friday, March 1

• Application period opens for the May Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC)™ exam

Monday, March 4

• Registration opens for ASCA’s 2019 National Advocacy Day, September 24 in Washington, DC

Tuesday, March 12

• ASCA webinar Engaging Your Supply Chain Resource to Gain Understanding and Provide Leadership at 1:00 pm ET (included in the 2019 Webinar All-Access Pass)

Friday, March 15

• Deadline for companies interested in partnering with ASCA on a new Culture of Safety Survey to submit their proposals

Tuesday, March 26

• ASCA webinar How to Use Benchmarking Results in Your Facility at 1:00 pm ET (included in the 2019 Webinar All-Access Pass)

Wednesday, March 27

• Leapfrog Town Hall Call at 2:00 pm ET about their new survey for ASCs and HOPDs

Thursday, March 28

• ASCA Chief Operating Officer Steve Miller will lead the “ASCA Updates: Patient Satisfaction” session at 4:30 pm CT at the Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society (TASCS) 2019 Annual Conference, taking place March 27–29 in Austin, TX

Sunday, March 31

• Application period closes for the May CASC exam

Month of March:

• Sign up for the Heart of Healthcare Virtual Career Fair for nurses, hosted by ASCA’s Career Center on Thursday, April 4, from 11:00 am–3:00 pm ET (free for job seekers)
• Register for the ASCA 2019 Conference & Expo, May 15–18 in Nashville, TN—the can’t-miss event of the year for ASC professionals
• Apply for the ASCA Foundation’s Medical Mission Scholarship Program, which provides funding for nurses, surgical techs and scrub techs who participate in One World Surgery’s weeklong medical missions (scholarships available to ASCA members only)
• Visit ASCA’s Opioids Resource Center for updated news and an abundance of reputable resources to strengthen your facility’s understanding of the ongoing opioid crisis the country is facing
• Subscribe to ASCA’s 2019 Clinical & Operational Benchmarking Survey before first-quarter (Q1) data collection opens on April 1